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Dropping

/ˈdɹɒpɪŋ/

To fall in droplets (of a liquid).

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verb
  1. 1

    To fall in droplets (of a liquid).

  2. 2

    To drip (a liquid).

    "The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it dropped in height over the summer."

  3. 3

    Generally, to fall (straight down).

    "A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky."

  4. 4

    To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).

    "Don't drop that plate!   The police ordered the men to drop their weapons."

noun
  1. 1

    Something dropped.

  2. 2

    (usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung.

    "a rabbit dropping"

  3. 3

    The act of something that drops or falls.

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WordDefinition
fallinga real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.

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fallinga real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.
descendingnounMoving or sloping downwards.
plummetingnounA violent or dramatic fall.
downingnounA defeat.
downverb(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
downedThat has been brought down, usually by force.
topplingnounThe act by which something is toppled.
decliningnoundecline
slippingnounThe act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
loweringnounThe act of something being lowered.
quashingnounThe action of quashing something.
dumpingnounThe disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value.
waningnounBecoming weaker or smaller.
dwindlingnoundeclining; growing less
detachverb(transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
diminishingnounbecoming smaller
shrinkingnounThe act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
removingnounremoval
discardingnounThe act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.
eraseverb(transitive) To remove (markings or information).

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